#getting to yes audiobook

[intheconfessiondial]

Redraw of the cape post, because that entire concept deserved better than the illustration I gave it.

[charmanderxerneas]

Art for Chapters 2 and 3 of my fnaf dungeon meshi fanfiction

[jorrated]

desperately trying to NOT fall into a christian/ demonology mythology study hyperfixation again i cant take it

[constantvariations]

The most annoying problem of rwby is how it will say something like "the White Fang assassinates board members of the SDC" while never actually following up on it. We spend several seasons in Atlas and not once does this come up

Despite Weiss literally being the one projected to take over the company, she never interacts with the business and the danger attached to it. No board members popping in to talk to her or Jacques, no guards talking of upping security as a result of another attempted attack, no personal escorts for any of the Schnees whenever they go to the recital

The show says that Schnees and associates are under constant threat by the White Fang, a threat that should have escalated after the fall of Beacon, but nothing in the show's actions even suggest this. Jacques only complaint is about the embargo costing him money, Winter has washed her hands of the SDC entirely, Whitley's focus is being Weiss's annoying (affectionate) little brother, and Willow barely exists

Yet rabids will call you stupid and illiterate for asking the show to... show these things. Just because things are said or things like guards and spies are logical for situations like this doesn't mean that the story gets to slack off in implementing these elements

Shows are akin to a court case. You can't just point at someone and cry, "They're a murderer!" You have to establish a timeline, motive, and method, and provide physical evidence like the weapon used or footage of the person at the scene of the crime. No jury worth its salt would condemn a person on he-said, she-said

You want me to care that board members are being assassinated? Introduce me to them so I can either want them protected or pray for their death. You want me to believe that the Schnees are under constant threat? Have Willow be paranoid to the point of never going outside and never letting Weiss and Whitley go anywhere without a ton of security. You want me to worry about spies? Ilia would've been perfect here! Have her play the demure servant while we see her sneaking into Jacques's office to steal SDC documents

Not only is relying on distant dialogue and exposition a lazy way of establishing elements of the world, not only is it a surefire way for folks w bad memory/auditory processing issues (me) to miss out on important information, it's fucking BORING

[emblazons]

FINN WOLFHARD as ZIGGY KATZ

When You Finish Saving The World (x)

[joyful-patient-faithful]

Local libraries getting rid of physical medias such as newspapers, magazines, cds, dvds, and audiobooks is turning experiencing art into a privilege instead of a right but I don't think you guys are ready for that conversation

[queenerdloser]

gotta say it's a little wild to me that the reading community has decided that audiobooks aren't "real reading" considering humanity has spent thousands of years with a oral storytelling tradition and only a couple hundred with a widespread literate tradition. before books became so cheap and affordable everyone could get their own copy, reading out loud to a group (your family, your friends) was extremely commonplace. humanity has shared stories orally since the dawn of storytelling. like stop being snobby about how people consume books but also if anyone should get to be snobs about what counts as "real reading" it's probably audiobook people.

[theatrevampire]

[transannabeth]

phantom of manhattan is a truly terrible book in like a thousand different ways but it is peak hilarious for being like “yeah that kid can’t be raoul’s because UMMMMM he got shot in the dick”

[wombatmisty]

So because WoT season 2 ate my mind, I just finished reading New Spring. Some thoughts:

This book is so gay I’m not sure how you can read through the entire thing and still think that Moiraine and Siuan are just very good friends. The two of them were so lovely and cute and so besotted with each other!

Moiraine is just always talking up Siuan and thinking that Siuan is the bestest ever, while being so doubtful and down about herself. And then you switch to Siuan’s pov and you see her thinking that Moiraine would have found a way out of this problem and being very indignant that Moiraine isn’t simply pretty, she’s beautiful!

I also loved seeing how Lan and Moiraine met. Their relationship in the show is also one of my favourites and it was hilarious to see how they didn’t get along at all initially.

Lan threw her into a pond, and then Moiraine dumped the pond on Lan’s head. Hilarious. A+ no notes needed. Lan grumbling about Aes Sedai and Cairheinin in particular is peak comedy knowing that he’s eventually going to be platonically married to the prime example of both.

I really enjoyed seeing how relatively optimistic Moiraine and Siuan were at the start of their quest, unknowing that it’s going to be a whole-ass 20 years before even getting close to the end. By the end of the book, you start seeing glimpses of Moiraine 20 years later and the whole tragedy of it and what it cost her. She’s hunted, has enemies around every corner and is unsure of who to trust, yet goes on even without powers and just fucking stabs her old mentor. I love Moiraine ok.

[frightenedcookie]

I’m listening to Remarkably Bright Creatures and just hit the 6 hour mark and am suddenly scandalized by this octopus’s observations and commentary

[bookwyrminspiration]

a chorus of dragons fans can either spell the names or pronounce them but not both and there is NO in between

[faithatmy]

Anybody knows an audiobook of secret history read by a man? Like, a fan version? I know there's one by Robert Sean Leonard, but sadly it's an abridged version, it's like 20% of Tartt's version's length. I don't mind the quality, I'm just having a bit of a hard time conciliating voice and character

[uwudonoodle]

Me and my partner figured out how to sync both of our headphones to my phone. Now we can listen to audiobooks together when we go to the gym. Currently reading The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.

[arwenkenobi48]

PJ jumping up and down screeching “I’m kiiiiinnnng!” is so fucking funny like my brother in Christ you are a literal toddler, stop throwing your toys out of the pram and go sit in the timeout corner

[reinanova]

hmm i wonder if the fact that i’m in a really bad reading slump and can only read fanfics or reread favorite books (where i’m consuming media with familiar and comforting characters and worlds) says something about my mental state